The adventures of Squishy and Bean
Well today we took the pumpkins down to Thrifty’s to throw them in the compost bin. Caleb didn’t quite get the concept because as I heaved the Mario pumpkin into the dumpster a look of shock and distress fell upon his face. I disposed of the other two pumpkins and when I turned around he was standing there covering his face looking like he had just lost his best friend.
After some consoling from Mom (and a sticker from the compost lady), Caleb shuffled back to the car.
Poor kid…
Caleb was not happy about Halloween this year. To him, everything is scary… hair cuts, public washrooms, peas, and his race car driver costume – which he picked out. At the annual Halloween party at Tracey and Brenden’s, Caleb refused to wear a costume – in fact he wouldn’t even take his coat off. At our annual Halloween party (pictures to come), he was the only child not wearing a costume – and he was the host. So after some screaming, scary movie style, and some bribing (hello giant lollypop), we managed to get him into his costume. It was kind of like wrestling with an octapus, only with more shreking! Anyways, once we were out the door and he had the concept of trick or treating, he was all for it. He and his buddy Kaari were practically running from door to door, and we had to help them carry all the candy they ended up getting. Oy! The teenage years are going to be scary!
Oh, and incase you were wondering – we had around 250 trick or treaters – then we ran out of stuff and had to turn off the lights, and yes we all had a great time. Thanks Aunty “Lissa” for helping with the door. The annual Halloweeen parties were fun too!
The following is real conversations with Caleb…Â
Aunty Amanda: Are you being an airplane Caleb?
Caleb: No Aunty Manda… I tumbleweed!
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Ally: Caleb, dinner time
Caleb: I busy… five more minutes…
Ally: Okay five minutes and then you need to come for dinner
Caleb: No five minutes Mommy… two more minutes
Ally: Okay Caleb, two more minutes
Caleb: No two minutes, five more minutes…I busy Mommy
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Anyone: What are you going to be for Halloween Caleb?
Caleb: I race car… daddy batmobile
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Caleb (while sitting on the toilet): Uh oh! No caleb stuck toilet
Ally: No, you won’t get stuck in the toilet
Caleb: Caleb stuck, go ocean, no more Caleb…scary
Ally: Mommy and daddy will help keep you safe. No Caleb in the ocean
Caleb: No Caleb ocean. Caleb pee pee go ocean. Caleb pee pee AND fish go ocean.
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Great-grandma: caleb that bird is called a toucan
Caleb: No gamma… one bird… no two-can… one-can bird!
… but it sure did feel like snow…
Hi Ho A Dairy-o
A-camping we will go…
Yes, we went camping during that last week in August when the weather was freezing cold. Despite having to leave a day early, and almost freezing temperatures at night, we had a fun time. Gordon Bay was an awesome campsite, and we’ll definately go back… maybe next time we’ll rent an RV!
Meet the newest Olympian… debuting the new sport of the 2020 games – Basketgolf!
Judges – what score do you give Caleb on his first attempt?
This is what Caleb thinks of his score of three…
As the only participant he gets Canada’s first gold in the sport – and becomes the new face of the Wheaties box! Now who wouldn’t want to stare at this cuteness while eating their cereal!
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We are on day four of potty training… a few accidents, but so far we’ve had numerous pees in the potty, a few poops…and we now have a three year old who believes diapers are for babies. YAY! (Changing a three year old’s diaper is nasty! Although, changing a poopy accident isn’t any better!)
Also – he lost his sucky tonight…he’s not supposed to take it out of his room and it’s only supposed to be for bedtime. The wnderfully natural consequence is that he lost it somewhere and had to go to bed without. Kudos to our baby-sitters Amanda and Brett who had to deal with the tears of no sucky. Caleb may get his big boy fishes before the summer is out.
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